1954 Maryland Terrapins football team

1954 Maryland Terrapins football
1954 Maryland Terrapins football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 8
Record	7–2–1 (4–0–1 ACC)
Head coach	Jim Tatum (8th season);
Offensive scheme	Split-T
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium
	Seasons ← 1953 1955 →

1954 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 14 Duke $	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	2	–	1
No. 8 Maryland	4	–	0	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
North Carolina	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
South Carolina	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Clemson	1	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	4	–	1	2	–	7	–	1
Virginia	0	–	2	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
NC State	0	–	4	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP poll^[1]

The 1954 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1954 college football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).^[2] Maryland, with its rout against Missouri, 74–13, set an ACC record-high for scoring that stood for 27 years.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	at Kentucky*	No. 3	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 20–0	36,000	^[4]
October 1	at No. 4 UCLA*	No. 6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–12	73,376	^[5]
October 9	vs. Wake Forest	No. 13	Bowman Gray Stadium Wake Forest, NC	T 13–13	11,000	^[6]
October 16	North Carolina		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 33–0	26,000	^[7]
October 22	at No. 16 Miami (FL)*		Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	L 7–9	52,506	^[8]
October 30	at South Carolina		Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 20–0	24,000	^[9]
November 6	NC State		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 42–14	21,000	^[10]
November 13	Clemson	No. 17	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 16–0	21,000	^[11]
November 20	George Washington*	No. 13	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 48–6	23,000	^[12]
November 25	Missouri*	No. 10	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 74–13	20,000	^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

^ "1954 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
^ Year-by-Year Results(PDF), 2008 Maryland Football Media Guide, University of Maryland, 2008. Accessed 2009-06-15. 2009-06-17.
^ K. Adam Powell and Woody Durham, Border Wars: The First Fifty Years of Atlantic Coast Conference Football, p. 167, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 0-8108-4839-2, 2004.
^ "Maryland profits by breaks to defeat Kentucky 20 to 0". The Owensboro Messenger. September 19, 1954. Retrieved October 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "UCLA stuns highly-favored Terps, 12–7". The Arizona Daily Star. October 2, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Favored Maryland and Purdue rally in 2nd half to gain 13–13 ties with Wake Forest and Duke". The Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel. October 10, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bielski leads Maryland rout of Carolina, 33–0". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 17, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Miami tops Maryland 9–7". Greensboro Daily News. October 23, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tamburello leads Maryland to 20–0 win over Gamecocks". The News and Observer. October 31, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Terps whip N.C. State, 42–14". The Baltimore Sun. November 7, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Maryland rolls over Clemson, 16–0". The Portsmouth Star. November 14, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Maryland routs George Washington eleven, 48 to 6". The Baltimore Sun. November 21, 1954. Retrieved February 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Storm over M.U." The Kansas City Times. November 26, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.